Wolverina

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[plain-flavoured-english]

As a Greek, in response to the current controversy about Matt Damon being cast as Odysseus, I'd just like to share that one of the moments that changed my brain chemistry as a kid was reading a novelized version of the Odyssey and coming across the following description of Odysseus when Circe sees him for the first time and thinks he's hot: "his hair curled like a clematis and his eyes were very brown".

So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:

[plain-flavoured-english]

Excuse me???

[ruffboi-mags]

you are right and you should say it.

[instantduckninja]

Is this the face of a man who would put his own infant in front of a plow to avoid going to war?

Absolutely not

You know who would try that shit?

Is this the face of a man who would defy the very gods to get home to his wife?

You know who would defy the gods just to show he could get away with it?

[fluffmugger]

The last thing Penelope's suitors ever see:

[marshmallowoink]

I think I like Mycroft Canner so much because he really *is* a bad person and the whole world really*does* hate him and if he can carry on and still make friends and achieve progress than me who only feels those things sometimes definitely can

[jurijurijurious]

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

--Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

[zealockthegreat]

[foone]

There's a surprising number of stories where:

there's two guys and they're suddenly stuck with each other and they argue and fight and by the end they win and they're best friends

And the only reason they don't kiss and go off to have sex in the closing scenes is that both characters are male.

And if you swapped out one of the men for a woman, that'd obviously be how the story would end.

And I'm not sure if this says something about how, in film, close relationships between men and women are treated differently to close relationships between men. You just of course write that relationship as romantic. Your audience might get mad if you don't!

Or just suggests that as gay relationships become more normalized, buddy cop movies and wacky comedies will increasingly feature their male leads kissing at the end.

[thewolverina]

The Argylle movie ended up with a massive problem because of this imo. You have the 'real' man and women spy supposedly falling in love with each other and doing the metaphorical kiss and ride off into the sunset thing but there is no chemistry between the actors and it's gave off gross sketchy vibes (to us at least). In the other layer to the story, you have the 'fictional' level spies who are experiencing roughly the same events. The men, Cena and Cavill, look like they're having a fucking great time throughout the movie and have all the chemistry. They also get a metaphorical ride off into the sunset but its DEFINITELY NO KISSING NO HOMO vibes. I was only half watching this movie by this point (knitting) but my (cis straightish bloke) partner was still invested enough to be shouting at the tv about that being bullshit and the one interesting aspect of the film being entirely undermined. Anyway it was interesting how they were clearly as ambitious as fuck to try to do a film messing with narratives/meta like that, while also being as unaware as fuck as to what they were doing and unable to resolve the story they created. Also this has just reminded me that it has that weird iceskating scene that is like a low-res shitty rip off of a scene in one of the Witcher books (Tower of the Swallow?).

[foone]

Given how two Boeing whistleblowers have died mysteriously under completely different circumstances, I think it's time we considered the possibility that Mr. Hands wasn't an accident, and Boeing took him out for what he knew.

[foone]

Known Boeing assassination methods:

Gunshot

Mysterious infection

Horse dick

[thewolverina]

This is how I learned that the most horrifying video I was shown* in the 00s was thanks to a Boeing engineer. *Or at least remember the most. I only really remember it cuz the "mate" that was tryna shock me managed to give his laptop a fucking virus in the process and nothing is funnier than a bloke fucking up being a condescending edgelord cunt.

[mycroftrh]

before directors are allowed to put in the request for cgi they should be required to answer: “would lord of the rings have been able to do this by sitting somebody a little further back, using an apple box, or putting out a casting call for a really big pig?” and if the answer is yes they should consider finding a really big pig.

[loveofdetail]

okay so it's set in the 2400s, but it's written as a historical document. Geographic nations don't exist anymore, instead there's fast accessible worldwide travel and people choose their own governments based on principles. One of the available governments is the freemasons and another is the Mitsubishi car company. Because of this thing called the Church War it's totally illegal to talk about religion but there's a new social institution that fills that role; similarly gender is super taboo but everyone thinks they've achieved a post-sexism society. Also instead of nuclear families the social norm is to live in a big house with all your friends. The narrator (who is unreliable as SHIT btw) is an enlightenment philosophy nerd who has been sentenced to lifelong servitude for infamous but unspecified crimes, but also constantly rubs shoulders with all the world leaders. The sex scenes are sooooooo weird and icky. Ultimately it's kind of about going to space to meet God? But don't worry about that part yet, it has to be a political drama first. The plot starts when someone steals a top-secret thinkpiece.

[notesfromtheidiotbox]

The best They Might Be Giants joke ever is in Terry Pratchett's "Soul Music," which features a band called We're Certainly Dwarfs.

[catchymemes]

[bl1tzkr136fr1tz-62nd-attempt]

[thewolverina]

... this feels like how The Wheel of Time got conceptualised

[apocahipster]

Based on that “what three items do you buy to horrify the check out person” post but it’s spell scrolls

[smokiedokie]

I opened my copy of The Tale of the Body Thief & immediately had to close it again because of this silly little annotation

[smokiedokie]

Since everyone seems to be enjoying this here are some other choice annotations I rediscovered:

[internet-sentences]

this shit owns it's just a number go up idle game except the idle mechanic comes from you writing JavaScript to automate tasks it seems like the end goal of the game is to perfectly optimize against this little arbitrary system they've created. There's not any plot to speak of so far but even though nothing is happening people send you messages through the computer telling you to trust no one as they all have ulterior motives. Very relatable.

Bitburner is an idle game about hacking that teaches real JavaScript

You don't have to know JavaScript to get started.

[exeggcute]

guys be careful. this game may look fun but it's actually a ploy to get you to learn javascript

[realpersonfacts]

i started doing things scared and doing things alone years ago the real challenge is doing things tired

[apatheticfluorescence]

This is going to be fucking crazy

[importantandunavoidable]

WSU’s next apple blends Honeycrisp, Cripps Pink

The university's newest apple variety, WA 64, is a sweet, tart, firmly crisp hybrid of Honeycrisp and Cripps Pink, a variety that includes t

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s newest apple variety, WA 64, is a sweet, tart, firmly crisp hybrid of Honeycrisp and Cripps Pink [...]

Officially released for commercial licensing this summer, WA 64 is expected to reach stores in 2029.

[thewolverina]

This is how I learned America does have the Pink Lady, they just seem to be using the cultivar name more. Anyway did not expect to see an apple that was bred in WA (Western Australia) by our Ag Department being actively used to make more cultivars in WA (Washington State). Would have thought it'd be too cold up there for that variety to be useful though.

[ned7-what-now]

Discord killing dedicated forums and then shitting the bed not ten years later reminds me how my city tore down a major historical district to make way for a corporate hq then the corporation moved out 12 years later to take advantage of lower taxes so now we're stuck with an abandoned office park and no historical district.

[lilyblisslys]

Terra ignota is great bc they replaced religion with the 7 essential categories of person

1. Jock

2. Nerd (calipers)

3. Nerd (autism)

4. Fascist

5. Woman

6. Asian

7. Europe

8. (Secret) murder hobo